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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
  • (R. C. Ch.) a community of lay brothers and priests, in France and the United States, engaged chiefly in teaching and manual Labor. Originally called Brethren of St. Joseph. The Sisters of the Holy Cross engage in similar work.
  • the fourteenth of September, observed as a church festival, in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross.

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